Predict the Future for a Good Cause

Chris Yeh is a great friend and contributor to the Wages of Wins blog. He’ll be participating in Cycle for Survival, which goes to fund cancer research. We’re fully behind this. I’ll be copying Chris’ words from his own blog at Adventures in Capitalism. Don’t go away though, I’ll be announcing a contest at the end of this post to help out even more!

$20 Donation: I will answer any one email you send me
$50 Donation: I will have a 20-minute telephone conversation with you
$100 Donation: I will meet you in person at my office (San Mateo, CA) or in Palo Alto
$500 Donation: I will take you out to a leisurely lunch (Peninsula only)

All proceeds go to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (all expenses for the fundraiser are covered by donations), and are 100% tax deductible.

UPDATE: Through Friday, 1/18, all donations will be matched, which means you’ll effectively double your contribution!

There’s More!

We should stress that we here at the Wages of Wins blog are huge fans of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Another one of our amazing contributors, Ari Caroline, is Director of Quantitative Analysis and Strategic Initiatives there. And here was what Ari had to say about initiatives like Cycle for Survival:

People like Chris allow me and my team to do what we do. A lot of academic hospitals, even those with strong missions, can’t afford to do anything novel because they are so cash-strapped that all they can think of is the bottom line. Our philanthropy-based endowment allows us to always put the mission first and do the kind of novel analysis that my team does.

Contest for a Cure

As Chris mentions, this is a subject that strikes home for a lot of us. Chris lost his dog Kobe (this blog post on it will tug on your heart strings) and recently my wife’s mother was diagnosed with liver cancer. I want to make sure we help out. Here’s the deal. Chris is already offering great incentives to donate (he is seriously undervaluing his time!) and not only that, through Friday your donation is matched. I’m going to up the stakes. Here’s how.